Fix Mideast Water Crisis to Advance Peace Process

May 28, 2016 | Munqeth Mehyar, Nader Khateeb, and Gidon Bromberg
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Despite continuing disputes over settlements, Jerusalem, borders, and refugees, there is at least one problem on which Arabs and Israelis can still make progress — water.

Much hard work lies ahead. The World Economic Forum has identified water issues, from drought to polluted water, as the biggest threat to the planet over the next decade. Nowhere on the globe do these issues pose greater risks than in the Middle East.